Spatial accessibility to vaccination sites in a campaign against rabies in São Paulo city, Brazil

Preventive Veterinary Medicine

Volumn 111, Issue 1-2, 2013, Pages 10-16

  Polo, Gina ^a   Acosta, Carlos Mera ^a   Dias, Ricardo Augusto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Dogs and cats; Gaussian based two step floating catchment method; Spatial accessibility; Vaccination against rabies

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAT; CAT DISEASE; CITY; DOG; DOG DISEASE; EVALUATION STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; THEORETICAL MODEL; VACCINATION;

ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; CITIES; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION DENSITY; RABIES; VACCINATION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84879023248     PISSN: 01675877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prevetmed.2013.03.010     Document Type: Article

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